A section of Gusii Highlights academy parents now want the institution’s management to allow students to worship freely without necessarily imposing religion or a denomination on students.
Speaking to HiviSasa.com on Tuesday, they accused the management of compelling students to rest on Saturdays and denying Sunday keepers from worshipping.
They said the management has ignored their previous pleas and threatened to move to court to seek an injunction if they resisted reversing their rules in a bid to accommodate students from different religious backgrounds.
“Freedom of worship is very essential in any society. It is improper for an institution to disallow our children from worshipping on Sundays simply because majorities are Seventh Day Adventists,” said Douglass Gwaro.
“We are giving the institution an ultimatum of two weeks to reverse the draconian school rules failure to which we will seek justice from the court. The institution must understand that we are working in a democratic space where rights of individuals ought to be respected,” added Abel Nyamboki.
However, deputy head Augustine Okoth denied the claims and defended the institution saying that Sunday keepers were given early morning hours to pray.
“I don’t think those parents are giving credible information. We respect freedom of worship that is why we allow them to fellowship early Sunday. Otherwise, worshipping in this institution is done daily because many students are either in Christian Union or the Catholic association,” he said.